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Depart on overnight flight Boston to Warsaw

Destruction and Rebirth Late morning arrival in Warsaw. Tour Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute, beginning with unique artifacts from pre-war Poland and moving into the years of Jewish death and destruction. Visit the Gesia Cemetery, where many Torah scholars and leaders of the pre-Holocaust Warsaw Jewish community are buried. Overview of modern Warsaw by bus Dinner at the hotel (vegetarian, fish) Evening meeting with Jews living in Warsaw today.

O/N:Bristol Le Meridien Hotel, Warsaw

Poland in Jewish Times Shaharit at Warsaw's Nozyk Synagogue. Walk through the Warsaw Ghetto area, ending at the Umshlagplatz, from which deportations took place. Travel south, towards Krakow. Stop in the village of Gur, where the courtyard of the Gerer Rebbe and his matzah bakery can still be seen. Stop in Kielce, where Jews who returned home after the Holocaust were killed in a terrible post-war pogrom (time permitting) Arrive in Krakow for hotel check-in and dinner

Overnight: Radisson SAS Hotel, Krakow

Krakow's Jewish Heritage This morning we take a walking tour of the magnificent Old Jewish Quarter of Krakow including, the Altneushul, Rema Synagogue, newly renovated Kupa Synagogue, the Isaaac Synagogue. (Each of these has been turned into a Jewish museum with different exhibits; number of stops depends on time available.) Afternoon bus tour of Krakow's Holocaust sites: the Ghetto, the Pharmacy, and Plaszow Concentration Camp. Restaurant dinner (vegetarian/fish)

Overnight: Radisson SAS Hotel, Krakow

The Horrors of Systematic Destruction
Pay respects at a memorial forest just outside of Krakow that is the site of a mass grave. Travel to the memorial museum at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Walk through the barracks and death machine of Birkenau, where millions of Jews lived and died Return to Krakow for early evening flight to Prague Hotel check-in and late dinner

Overnight: Intercontinental Prague

Prague's Rich Jewish Heritage
Spend the morning in the Jewish Quarter visiting the various synagogues that make up the Jewish Museum: Althneushul, Maisel, Pinkas, Klaus, and Spanish synagogues. Walk through the unique Old Jewish Cemetery Proceed to the Old Town Square with its medieval City Hall Tower and astronomical clock. Kabbalat Shabbat with the Prague Masorti Congregation. Shabbat dinner at the Jewish Community, to be joined by Rabbi Hoffberg and some members of his congregation, including a briefing about Prague's Jewish Community of today.

Overnight: Intercontinental Prague

Shabbat in Prague - Parashat Behar-Behukotai Shabbat services at the Jerusalemska Synagogue Shabbat lunch at Dinitz Restaurant (kosher) Afternoon walking tour of Kafka's Prague Evening: Enjoy a performance by Prague's unique Black Theatre (included)

Overnight: Intercontinental Prague

Terezin
Depart Prague for Lidice, the Czech town destroyed by Hitler, and visit the extraordinary new multi-media museum and children's monument. Travel to Terezin to visit what the Nazis called the "Model Concentration Camp" Tour the fortress and the recently discovered Holocaust era secret synagogue of the Danish Jews Return to Prague for a free evening

Overnight: Intercontinental Prague

The Czech and Slovakian Countryside
Depart Prague this morning to make our way through the Czech and Slovakian countryside to Hungary Stop on the way in Bratislava to visit the tomb of the Hatam Sofer; discuss his life and teachings. Arrive in Budapest. Late afternoon walk on the boardwalk of the Danube River and a visit to a unique food market (time permitting) OR Walk on Vatsi Utza, the famous pedestrian walkway in downtown Pest Hotel check-in and dinner (vegetarian, fish)

Overnight: Andrassy Hotel, Budapest

Morning panoramic bus tour of Buda and Pest, including the Heroes' Square, Parliament; Doheny Synagogue, Jewish Museum, and Holocaust Memoria. Visit the Buda Fisherman's Village and the Kings Palace, followed by a stop at the Wallenberg Memorial in Buda Visit the Balint JCC to meet with representatives of the Jewish Community, especially students Free time for dinner, on one's own Evening: Enjoy a Danube River boat ride, with beautiful illuminated views of the city along both banks

Overnight: Andrassy Hotel, Budapest

Visit the Shoes on the Danube Memorial Excursion to Szentendre, a small town and artist colony on the Danube Bend with winding streets, colorful homes, narrow alleyways, and many small galleries, cafes, and handicraft stalls Festive farewell dinner: Enjoy ethnic Hungarian entertainment and a fish dinner at a Hungarian folklore club

Overnight: Andrassy Hotel, Budapest

Depart for the airport to board mid-morning flight to USA.

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• Round trip flights Boston/Warsaw/Krakow/Prague/Boston:
• Jewish Historical Institute, Gesia Cemetery, Modern Warsaw Meeting with Jews living in Warsaw,
• Warsaw, Shaharit at Warsaw's Nozyk Synagogue,Warsaw Ghetto, Umshlagplatz, Krakow,
• Village of Gur, Kielce, Old Jewish Quarter of Krakow, Altneushul, Rema Synagogue, Kupa Synagogue,
• Isaaac Synagogue, Krakow's Holocaust sites: Ghetto, Pharmacy, Plaszow Concentration Camp,
• Auschwitz, Birkenau, Prague Jewish Quarter Jewish Museum: Althneushul, Maisel, Pinkas, Klaus,
• Spanish synagogues, Old Jewish Cemetery, Old Town Square with its medieval City Hall Tower
• Astronomical clock, Kabbalat Shabbat with the Prague Masorti Congregation,
• Shabbat dinner at the Jewish Community, Lidice, Terezin, Holocaust era secret synagogue of Danish Jews,
• Czech and Slovakian countryside to Hungary, Bratislava, Tomb of the Hatam Sofer, Budapest,
• Vatsi Utza Buda and Pest, Heroes' Square, Parliament; Doheny Synagogue, Jewish Museum,
• Holocaust Memorial, Buda Fisherman's Village,Wallenberg Memorial in Buda,
• Balint JCC Meet with representatives of the Jewish Community, Danube River boat ride,

• (Check payment) Air and Land Package $4475 Land Only $3295 Per person in a double room
• Single room supplement $995 -
• Air and Land package include Tips to guides and drivers - Airport Tax and Fuel Surcharge** ** fuel surcharge is subject to change